Founded in 1987, CHEPA is a world-class interdisciplinary health research centre that fosters excellence in acquiring, producing and communicating socially-relevant knowledge in the fields of health economics and health policy analysis to inform fair and sustainable health and social systems.

We are:

• Home to one of the largest concentrations of health economists and health policy analysts in Canada
• 29 faculty members from 3 Faculties and 7 McMaster University Departments, with an additional member from Brock University
• Talented, discipline-based and inter-disciplinary researchers who address a broad range of health and social system problems through independent and collaborative research programs
• Pioneers in the fields of knowledge transfer, economic evaluation, health technology assessment and public, patient and community engagement
• Notable contributions to health human resources, needs-based and primary care funding models
• An incubator for new graduate training programs in health policy, health economics and health services research

Mission

To cultivate a collegial interdisciplinary environment that fosters excellence in policy-relevant research, education and service and informs fair and sustainable health and social systems.

Vision

Health and social policies locally and internationally are informed by policy-relevant research, well-trained scholars and independent (expert) advice.